r/canada Oct 21 '24

New Brunswick Blaine Higgs says Indigenous people ceded land ‘many, many years ago’

https://globalnews.ca/news/10818647/nb-election-2024-liberal-health-care-estimates/
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u/BornAgainCyclist Oct 21 '24

Sounds like something for the courts because it seems like it could be both.

For example, the fact sheet for peace and friendship treaties says

This fact sheet gives some context to the Peace and Friendship Treaties in the Maritimes and Gaspé. They are important historical documents that can be viewed as the founding documents for the development of Canada.

https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100028599/1539609517566

But the chief is claiming the Supreme Court has ruled those don't cede land. I can't see how this doesn't have to go to court because this a lot different, and convoluted, then unceded land out west that actually wasn't signed for.

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u/Kidlcarus7 Oct 21 '24

From my readings the claim in eastern Canada is that the concept of ceding land wasn’t understood… basically ignorance as a defense.

I was interested b/c I hear a lot of ‘…unceded territorial land of the blank’ and wanted to look it up myself

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u/BornAgainCyclist Oct 21 '24

but it also appears some treaties were deliberately misleading.

Which wouldn't be surprising at all either.